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The volume is primary in that it will reflect the breadth of the living traditions for assembly use. It is primary in that it will equip and encourage the Christian assembly to baptize and remember baptism, to encounter Christ in the preaching of both law and gospel, to sing and pray, to give thanks and share a meal, and to be sent into the world to continue God's own mission. It is primary in that it will provide a vehicle for ongoing worship renewal. This primary common resource is intentionally the assembly's book. Providing liturgical texts and songs that are too important to risk forgetting or to neglect, it will place in the mouths, hearts, and minds of the gathered people, memorable words that can bear the truth of Christ's life, death, and resurrection. It will contribute to the faith formation of whole communities and the individuals within them. At the same time it is intentionally the church's book. A common resource provides a reminder that the local assembly is connected to the church's worship in every place and every time. As the primary worship book of the ELCA, this common resource will contribute to the sense that congregations are connected, a communion of local assemblies sharing in the same mission of God. And it will draw on the broader Christian tradition, providing a sign of our wider communion within the church of Jesus Christ. Lutheran identity will be reinforced in an ecumenical and historical context. Renewing Worship is more than an initiative or project of one particular church body designed to develop new worship resources. It is a promising sign that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is committed to a deep and shared sense of connection between individuals gathered and between the gathering and the whole people of God. That connection coming to expression is itself a sign that the renewal continues or, in some places, has finally begun. |
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